Bill Clinton tops 'forgiveness' poll

More Americans are willing to forgive Bill Clinton than a variety of other public figures who have lied, a new poll Monday shows.

Forty-three percent of those surveyed are able to find it in their hearts forgive him — the highest percentage out of a list of liars that includes Lance Armstrong, Richard Nixon and Bernie Madoff, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll.

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The least-forgivable liar is Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who’s currently serving a 150-year prison term after committing billions of dollars in fraud. Only 3 percent of Americans are willing to forgive him.

Eleven percent of respondents couldn’t bear to choose any of the four liars.